Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6:
  netns: Don't receive new packets in a dead network namespace.
  sctp: Make sure N * sizeof(union sctp_addr) does not overflow.
  pppoe: warning fix
  ipv6: Drop packets for loopback address from outside of the box.
  ipv6: Remove options header when setsockopt's optlen is 0
  mac80211: detect driver tx bugs

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index e0a612b..f422f72 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -367,6 +367,12 @@ static inline int ipv6_addr_any(const struct in6_addr *a)
 		 a->s6_addr32[2] | a->s6_addr32[3] ) == 0); 
 }
 
+static inline int ipv6_addr_loopback(const struct in6_addr *a)
+{
+	return ((a->s6_addr32[0] | a->s6_addr32[1] |
+		 a->s6_addr32[2] | (a->s6_addr32[3] ^ htonl(1))) == 0);
+}
+
 static inline int ipv6_addr_v4mapped(const struct in6_addr *a)
 {
 	return ((a->s6_addr32[0] | a->s6_addr32[1] |
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index aa540e6..d9dd0f7 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ extern struct list_head net_namespace_list;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 extern void __put_net(struct net *net);
 
+static inline int net_alive(struct net *net)
+{
+	return net && atomic_read(&net->count);
+}
+
 static inline struct net *get_net(struct net *net)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&net->count);
@@ -125,6 +130,12 @@ int net_eq(const struct net *net1, const struct net *net2)
 	return net1 == net2;
 }
 #else
+
+static inline int net_alive(struct net *net)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static inline struct net *get_net(struct net *net)
 {
 	return net;